The Waterways Trust Scotland is working with staff from the
Royal Bank of Scotland on a series of team building events which
are helping to transform sections of the Lowland Canals. If your
company are interested in getting involved we would like to hear
from you - please complete the "Sign me up Volunteer
Form."
The initiative started in 2007 and to date and so far more than
400 bank employees have helped to spruce up the Forth & Clyde
Canal and the Union Canal from Bowling Harbour to Auchinstarry and
The Falkirk Wheel to Wester Hailes and enhance the environment
surrounding The Falkirk Wheel.
As well as enhancing the environment for people visiting the
waterways, the work has improved accessibility and provided new
habitats for a wealth of wildlife
Activities undertaken to date have included:
- Clearing overgrown sections of towpath
- Towpath restoration
- Planting over 800 new trees and more than 12,000 shrubs
- Building and installing bird and bat boxes and bird tables
- Creating wood and stone carvings for the seating area at
Auchinstarry Basin
- Improving the car park facilities and pathways at The Falkirk
Wheel
- Created a wildflower meadow at The Falkirk Wheel
In 2009, the Trust have worked with RBS employees to:
- create a Community Garden/Orchard at Wester Hailes
- carry out planting, re-planting and maintenance work to
existing planting at Bowling in addition to painting and staining
seating in the area and creating new planters
- create a marsh garden and wooden resting perches at
Auchinstarry as well as planting shrubs carrying out maintenance
work on planting schemes and seating and installing a doggie bin
and waste bin
- install doggie bins and waste bins at The Falkirk Wheel
- plant a new hedgerow at Rotherwood which will include fruit
trees